Friends of Breastfeeding have discovered that a former National Committee member of the charity, between July 2019 and March 2020, stole a significant amount of money from the charity. The money taken amounts to almost the entirety of the charity’s direct fundraising...
What happened? And when? Irregularities in the charity’s bank account were discovered in early 2020. The amount taken was €6,600 and the theft happened between July 2019 and March 2020. We reported the suspected criminal activity to the Gardai as soon as it was...
Are you a Website Wrangler Extraodinaire? Are you tech savvy and skilled in IT? Friends of Breastfeeding is looking for volunteers who can take on responsibility for:• web support and web development (coding, developing and laying out our website)• maintaining,...
Aoife Hearne Dietitian (Operation Transformation), Virgin Media Ireland's Ireland AM , Ciara Whelan (The Holiday Show), Microsoft Ireland and Cara Alexander ( Mrs Ireland 2019), were among the award recipients who attended the 3rd annual Friends of Breastfeeding...
We were honoured to be invited again to an utterly amazing day hosted by our Friends of Breastfeeding, Advocate of the Year 2018, the wonderful Sabina Higgins. Sabina Higgins hosted the annual "Latching On" morning at Áras an Uachtaráin, as part of National...
Ireland's eight annual Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge, organised by Friends of Breastfeeding, had it's highest number of participating venues ever, with 26 locations, across 15 counties. The event saw an amazing 308 mothers, and 318 nursing children, coming...
The Friends of Breastfeeding Awards is our annual event to recognise and honour those who contribute to fostering a positive breastfeeding culture in Ireland. Past award winners have included Sabina Higgins, Dil Wickremasinghe, Jen Hogan, Ray D’Arcy, Samantha Mumba,...
Ireland's eight annual Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge, organised by Friends of Breastfeeding, who recently awarded Sabina Higgins with their award for Breastfeeding Advocate of the Year, will have it's highest number of participating venues across the country...